travel insurance during pregnancy

[weejude]

Anyone have experience with finding a good travel insurance policy for travelling longhaul (japan) during later pregnancy around 30-34 weeks. thanks

Greenbee (part of JL) group.

I would be very vary of flying long haul that late in pregnancy, if you go over to the pregnancy board therre is a story of a woman who went to America T 28 weeks, her waters broke, thankfully she managed to hold on for 6 weeks, but was confined to the hospital bed for the majority of that time. She gave birth at 34 weeks, thankfully insurance covered her, but not the baby once he was born, or the cost for her husband to stay an extra 8 weeks. Their visas ran out too, so by all accounts they had a nightmare, although their wee boy is doing great now.

I don't think you can!

I struggled for anything over 29 weeks for the States and for that I had to have a medical and a written letter from both GP and midwife.

you definitely can. Egg for example cover you up to 35 weeks as standard (after 28 weeks you just need a drs letter signed less than 5 days before you travel saying you are fit to fly).

I'm using it as we fly to the maldives when i am 29 weeks.